Fritz eliminates Zverev, Shelton hits his best position, Monfils advances 51

Without having to jump on the court, while preparing the final tournaments of the season, Serbian Novak Djokovic reigned ahead of Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the world tennis rankingswith American Taylor Fritz displacing German Alexander Zverev from the ninth position this week, although the most significant movement is recorded at the bottom of the list.

The winner of this Sunday’s Tokyo tournament, the American Ben Shelton is now fifteenth, his best ranking ever. He climbed four steps compared to last week thanks to the first ATP title of his career, which he achieved as soon as he was 21 years old.

Your countryman Marcos Gironsemi-finalist in Tokyo, experiences an improvement of 22 positions and ranks 57th.

Furthermore, Shintaro Mochizukiwho won his first ATP matches and qualified for the semifinals, no more and no less than 84 positions. The Japanese tennis player climbed to 131st place.

Another weekend winner, Frenchman Gael Monfils is back in the top-100 on the list thanks to his success in Stockholm. At 37 years old, twelve years after winning the same stage, Monfils suddenly climbed 51 places, up to 89th.

Oh the fourth player aged 37 or older to win an ATP title since 1990after the Swiss Roger Federer, the Croatian Ivo Karlovic and the Spaniard Feliciano López.

Updated ATP Rankings:

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 11045 pts
2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 8805
3. Daniel Medvedev (RUS) 7355
4. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 5000
5. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4765
6. Holger Rune (DEN) 4400
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 4300
8. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3705
9. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3500 (+1)
10. Alexander Zverev (GER) 3460 (-1)
11. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 2900
12. Tommy Paul (USA) 2775
13. Alex De Minaur (AUS) 2650
14. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 2400
15. Ben Shelton (USA) 2355 (+4)